Driving 开车 | Learn Chinese with Yoyo Mo
今天我们聊聊开车 Jīntiān wǒmen liáoliáo kāichē Today we are going to talk about driving 我是2017年学的车 Wǒ shì èr líng yī qī nián xué de chē I learned to drive in 2017 我学习考试一直都很厉害 Wǒ xuéxí kǎoshì yìzhí dōu hěn lìhai I've always been really good at learning and taking exams 一个月拿下驾照 Yī gè yuè náxià jiàzhào So I got my driver's license in one month 可是八年多了，没有开过车 Kěshì bā nián duō le, méiyǒu kāiguò chē But for more than eight years, I haven't driven a car 主要是我老公开车 Zhǔyào shì wǒ lǎogōng kāichē Mainly because my husband drives 所以我也就不需要开车 Suǒyǐ wǒ yě jiù bù xūyào kāichē So I don't need to drive 再说我也比较害怕 Zàishuō wǒ yě bǐjiào hàipà Besides, I'm also quite scared of driving 我家里是一辆七座车 Wǒ jiālǐ shì yī liàng qī zuò chē We have a seven-seater car for our family 比较大，所以停车也叫我担心 Bǐjiào dà, suǒyǐ tíngchē yě jiào wǒ dānxīn It's quite big, so parking also makes me worried 我们大学毕业后 Wǒmen dàxué bìyè hòu After we graduated from university 我在一家二手车公司工作 Wǒ zài yī jiā èrshǒuchē gōngsī gōngzuò I worked at a used car company 它的模式就是复制美国的carmax Tā de móshì jiù shì fùzhì Měiguó de Carmax Its business model was a copy of America's Carmax Carmax的创始人是投资人之一 Carmax de chuàngshǐrén shì tóuzīrén zhī yī One of the investors was the founder of Carmax 虽然势头比较好 Suīrán shìtóu bǐjiào hǎo Although it had a good momentum at first 但最后还是经营不善倒闭了 Dàn zuìhòu háishì jīngyíng bùshàn dǎobì le In the end, it still went bankrupt due to poor management 最近几年电动车发展得很快速 Zuìjìn jǐ nián diàndòngchē fāzhǎn de hěn kuàisù Electric cars have developed very rapidly in recent years 价格也越来越低 Jiàgé yě yuè lái yuè dī Their prices are also getting lower and lower 侧面地导致了油车的降价 Cèmiàn de dǎozhì le yóuchē de jiàngjià This has indirectly led to price reductions for gasoline-powered cars 中国的这些电车企业多是第一次造车 Zhōngguó de zhèxiē diànchē qǐyè duō shì dì yī cì zào chē Most of these Chinese electric car companies are making cars for the first time 他们很疯狂地营销 Tāmen hěn fēngkuáng de yíngxiāo They carry out very aggressive marketing 在某些城市还开始了无人驾驶的出租车 Zài mǒuxiē chéngshì hái kāishǐ le wúrén jiàshǐ de chūzūchē In some cities, they have even launched self-driving taxis 但是我常看到电动车自燃的新闻 Dànshì wǒ cháng kàndào diàndòngchē zìrán de xīnwén But I often see news about electric cars catching fire spontaneously 还有突然全车断电的故事 Hái yǒu túrán quánchē duàndiàn de gùshi And stories about sudden total power failures in electric cars 所以我还是会开油车 Suǒyǐ wǒ háishì huì kāi yóuchē So I still prefer to drive a gasoline-powered car 很快我就要面临着接送孩子的事情 Hěn kuài wǒ jiù yào miànlín zhe jiēsòng háizi de shìqing Soon I will have to face the task of picking up and dropping off the kids 所以我马上就要学会开车了 Suǒyǐ wǒ mǎshàng jiù yào xuéhuì kāichē le So I will learn to drive soon 我会在网上找一个陪练 Wǒ huì zài wǎngshàng zhǎo yī gè péiliàn I will find a driving instructor online 也就是他坐在副驾驶帮助你 Yějiù shì tā zuò zài fùjiàshǐ bāngzhù nǐ That is, someone who sits in the passenger seat to help you 还会安装一个副刹 Hái huì ānzhuāng yī gè fùshā They will also install an auxiliary brake 也就是在副驾驶的一个刹车片 Yějiù shì zài fùjiàshǐ de yī gè shāchè piàn Which is a brake pad located on the passenger side 据说练习几十个小时就可以熟练了 Jùshuō liànxí jǐ shí gè xiǎoshí jiù kěyǐ shúliàn le It's said that after practicing for dozens of hours, you can become proficient 大家期待我的好消息吧 Dàjiā qīdài wǒ de hǎo xiāoxi ba Everyone, please look forward to my good news!